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From: "tholen@antispam.ham" <tholen@ifa.hawaii.edu>
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Subject: Re: Intel architecture (Was: Java vs C++)
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Sulfide Eater <zaxx1108@example.com> writes:

121> Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.os.os2.advocacy

121> QNX? That's even more obscure than OS/2 is!

Classic erroneous presupposition.  College football fans, of which
there
are plenty, were treated to the IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl back in the 90s,
Eater.

121> Fact is, nothing with non-micoscopic market share used those
features of
121> the 80286.

Classic erroneous presupposition.  OS/2 had far more than a
microscopic
market share, Eater.